Eria pellipes Reichb.f.ex Hook.f. 1890 SECTION Strongyleria

Plant en situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia Photos by © David Kuehn.

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Common Name The Furry Foot Eria

Flower Size .7" [1.7 cm]

Found in Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra in lower montane ridge forests at elevations around 400 to 1300 meters as a miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with almost globose pseudobulbs and carrying a single, terete, fleshy leaf that blooms in the fall, winter and spring on a terminal, 3/4" [2.2 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered, purple with white lines inflorescence carrying fragrant, fleshy, pubescent flowers.

Synonyms Campanulorchis pellipes (Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb 2005 ; Eria jacobsonii J.J.Sm. 1917; Eria taluensis J.J.Sm. 1920; Eria teretifolia Griff. 1851; Pinalia pellipes (Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 as Eria teretifolia; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Woods 1992 photo fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993 photo fide; ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 3 2002 photo; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 as E jacobsonii; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 as E taluensis photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood 2001 photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 as Campanulorchis pellipes photo ok; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 as Campanulorchis pellipies drawing ok/photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide

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